Eric Langberg

I have a lot of thoughts and feelings about the June 2 mayoral primary and things aren’t black and white. We currently live under authoritarianism here in LA but everyone seems to think we are protected by the LA mythos. I am voting for @raeforla for mayor and I believe if you are struggling right now in any capacity - financially, employment, mental health, with what is happening around us, everyone should vote for Rae. We have nothing to lose at this point. We are already occupied and living under authoritarianism in our supposed sanctuary city. That’s the system we are voting to keep in place with Bass, Raman or Pratt. We need to take responsibility and ownership over our freedom and realize it will no longer be handed to us. I want to say I’m not unaware of the dangers we live in. I’m acutely aware. I have no doubt the officials in LA are either being threatened by this administrations cartel or paid off by it. That is why I hold our elected leaders to such a standard. It’s a terrifying time. We cannot just go along and make nice with people who want to conquer the world. We need people who will stand up and say no, who will choose The People over corporate greed, over self interest. #losangeles #mayor

It didn’t happen. If it did it isn’t that bad. If it is that bad it’s because you forced my hand. LAPD/OIG 5/12/26 on the record: We help ICE with a list of things, just not with “federal immigration enforcement” specifically. Nithya Raman (@nithyaforthecity ) and city council: “I don’t think LAPD collaborates with ICE.” My eyeballs: LAPD collaborating with ICE all the ways. President of LAPD oversight: I’m scared to limit LAPD working with ICE because of Trump. This is a horrible time to quote ITYSL but all I can think is “he admit it.” It is on the record as of Tuesday that LAPD works with ICE. Now what?

#CallYourRepresentatives #AllTheDamnTime Passed bills: AB 1675, The No Tax Breaks For ICE Contractors Act - AB 1537, No ICE side-hustle jobs for Cops - AB 1650, ICE must put identifying decals on rental vehicles - AB 1896, working in immigration enforcement disqualifies you from state/municipal jobs in CA - AB 1633, 50% tax on private detention centers gross receipts - AB 1655, CalWORKS benefits not reduced if family member is unlawfully detained - SB 995, The Masuma Khan Justice Act - SB 1105, Cops prohibited from assisting with immigration enforcement - SB 1004, Mask ban for law enforcement - SB 873, Immigration courthouse protection - SB 1422, Full Medi-Cal coverage for undocumented Californians age 19+

First image graciously titled — “Athena on Alameda: Night Before NK3” I’ve been wanting to share a bit about the last few months of protesting, but sometimes the moments and words fail me, or I don’t feel it’s appropriate to post “in the hour.” I am eternally grateful to the press out there who are consistently putting themselves on the front lines to document us — “this,” whatever this interminable madness is… More often than not, I feel what I’m doing is a dream — or a nightmare — so when I see these photos of hope, of our comrades and their work, and the outright bold defiance in the face of evil… I am renewed. Last month, during “No Kings 3,” 75 others and I — ages 13–80 (13!!!) — were kettled and arrested while peacefully protesting. We were gassed upon arrival, and DHS immediately deployed “non-lethal” weapons toward civilians. An 18-year-old photographer seven feet away from me (and many others) lost his eye. They took and zip-tied the children I was trying to stay with for their safety. For what? Over the last few weeks, a majority of us have had “our day in court,” most with similar outcomes — a waste of taxpayers’ time and resources. We will continue to highlight the brutality of the LAPD // DHS during these legal, peaceful protests, as well as the continued abhorrent inhumanity of ICE, especially on the ground in downtown Los Angeles. As I meant to post this over Mother’s Day weekend, I can’t go without mentioning how amazed I continue to be by the strong women I’ve met in these communities. They do the HARD, heavy work. As women tend to do. 🖤 The men in our community show up in ways I’ve never seen before, but we’ll save that for another day ❤️ WE keep each other safe. Tagging as I have them // please tag yourselves as well, as I always want to give credit where credit is due.

Our Community Feeds are BACK! 🥰✨ Join us this Sunday in giving back to the day laborers that keep our community going! We will be at the Cypress Park Home Depot this weekend. Meet us there with a home cooked meal, a bought meal, snacks, and/or drinks 🍛🧃 If you want to help cook in the am we will be making enchiladas ☺️ there is limited space available so please DM me and comment so I can look out for it 🫶🏽 location will be in the Historic South Central area. It’s an amazing feeling to be able to give back in this way and I’m glad we are able to do it once again ♥️♥️ #mutualaid #communitycare #communitycares #freefood #NELA

A week ago, May 4th, there were rallies throughout California to call for the dismantling of the ICE "concentration camps". That is a loaded term, but that's what we say when people are held indefinitely without due process. Thank you to the organizers of this event in Van Nuys. #AbolishICE #ImpeachTrump #iceout #nocamps

Tuesday morning at LAPD headquarters in downtown Los Angeles, where the weekly Police Commission hearing opened with sustained public comment on press freedom. Working journalists addressed the board about LAPD’s treatment of press during last Friday’s May Day protests, where twelve people were arrested in downtown LA, including credentialed reporters. The LA Press Club’s lawyer was among those arrested. The hearing came two days after World Press Freedom Day. The department is currently under a federal court order from July 2025 prohibiting interference with journalists, following a lawsuit by the Los Angeles Press Club. That lawsuit remains active. Among the speakers: Adam Rose, deputy director of advocacy for the Freedom of the Press Foundation and press rights chair of the LA Press Club. Photojournalists Nick Stern and Eric Langberg followed. Full piece on Fonzieland. Link in bio.

Project: Digging for Windows Subtitle: Photos, Field-Notes, Dispatches, & Profiles from the Los Angeles Frontlines of the U.S. (Soft) Civil War Videography by: Christopher S. Almaraz Technical Specs: Shot on Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra Recent Dispatches: 05/05/2026[ Board Commissioners Meeeting Public Comment ] @nicksternphotos addresses LAPD Board Commissioners Meeeting. Towards the end of his public comment journalist Nick Stern provided @lapdpolicechief with his own words regarding treatment of the PRESS. This inconsistency between their written statement & the actions of LAPD means that Chief McDonnell is either impotent or lying... #losangeles #pressfreedom #freepress

🚨 URGENT: Come to the West LA VA TODAY at 12:30 PM to support our friend Divina. She needs us NOW. 🚨 Divina gives so much to this community and right now she needs us to show up for her. Late Wednesday night she called a crisis hotline for support. They called LAPD. Officers broke down her door, pointed guns at her, cuffed her, and placed her on a 5150 hold — even though she was no threat to anyone. She has since been transferred to the West LA VA, where she is being misgendered, denied medication, and held in isolation. This is what trans women face inside our institutions — even under administrations that claim to support them. And with a federal government actively working to criminalize trans existence, the stakes are higher than ever. This is why we need to fund community-based crisis response like UCRM instead of sending armed police to mental health calls. Divina deserved care. She got LAPD. West LA VA — TODAY at 12:30 PM. Come with love and numbers. Free Divina. #protectthedolls🏳️‍⚧️

I published the letter and evidence I sent to our entire LA government on my substack. If you or someone you know were unlawfully arrested at No Kings 3. The evidence is there for anyone who needs it 🫶 Link to the substack and folder of evidence in my bio and my story.

Is it just me? Or is something off about this mayoral race? Mayor Bass, who I don’t think a single Angeleno is satisfied with, somehow maintains a double digit lead. A progressive challenger who endorsed her eleven days before jumping into the race against her. And one candidate — the only one running on a platform that would actually change anything — polling at 3% while nearly half of LA voters say they want a democratic socialist for mayor. So I went looking. What I found goes deeper than two disappointing politicians. It goes to the 2028 Olympics, a billion dollars in federal security funding, the Secret Service embedded inside the LAPD two years before a single athlete arrives, and a machine so well aligned it doesn’t even need to make calls. It just needs everyone to act in their own interests. Swipe through for the data, the timeline, and the argument. Full investigation linked in bio. Her name is Rae Huang. The primary is June 2. Vote like the machine is hoping you won’t. #LosAngeles #LAMayor2026 #RaeHuang #LA2028 #LApolitics